Bhadanteti gāravavacanametaṃ, satthu paṭivacanadānaṃ vā. Apicettha "bhikkhavo"ti vadamāno bhagavā te bhikkhū ālapati. "bhadante"ti vadamānā bhagavantaṃ pacchā

Tathā "bhikkhavo"ti bhagavā ālapati. "bhadante"ti pacchā bhāsanti. "bhikkhavo"ti vacanaṃ vadāpeti. "bhadante"ti paṭivacanaṃ denti. Te bhikkhūti ye bhagavā āmantesi, te. Bhagavato paccassosunti bhagavato āmantanaṃ paṭiassosuṃ, abhimukhā hutvā suṇiṃsu sampaṭicchiṃsu paṭiggahesunti attho. Bhagavā etadavocāti bhagavā etaṃ idāni vattabbaṃ sakalaṃ suttaṃ avoca. Ettāvatā ca yaṃ āyasmatā ānandena imassa suttassa sukhāvagāhaṇatthaṃ kāladesakadesaparisāpadesapaṭimaṇḍitaṃ nidānaṃ bhāsitaṃ, tassa atthavaṇṇanā samattāti.

Idāni nāhaṃ bhikkhave aññaṃ ekarūpaṃpi samanupassāmītiādinā nayena bhagavatā nikkhittassa suttassa vaṇṇanāya okāso anuppatto, sā panesā atthavaṇṇanā yasmā suttanikkhepaṃ vicāretvāva vuccamānā pākaṭā hoti, tasmā suttanikkhepavicāraṇā tāva veditabbā. Cattāro hi suttanikkhepā attajjhāsayo parajjhāsayo pucchāvasiko atthuppattikoti. Tattha yāni suttāni bhagavā parehi anajjhiṭṭho kevalaṃ attano ajjhāsayeneva kathesi, seyyathīdaṃ? ākaṅkheyyasuttaṃ vatthasuttanti evamādīni, tesaṃ attajjhāsayo nikkhePo. Yāni pana "paripakkā kho rāhulassa vimuttiparipācaniyā dhammā, yannūnāhaṃ rāhulaṃ uttariṃ āsavānaṃ khaye vineyyan"ti evaṃ paresaṃ ajjhāsayaṃ khantiṃ manaṃ abhinīhāraṃ bujjhanabhāvañca oloketvā parajjhāsayavasena kathitāni, seyyathīdaṃ? rāhulovādasuttaṃ dhammacakkappavattananti evamādīni, tesaṃ parajjhāsayo nikkhePo. Bhagavantaṃ pana upasaṅkamitvā te devamanussā tathā tathā pañhaṃ pucchanti. Evaṃ puṭṭhena bhagavatā yāni kathitāni devatāsaṃyuttabojjhaṅgasaṃyuttādīni, tesaṃ pucchāvasiko nikkhePo. Yāni pana uppannaṃ kāraṇaṃ paṭicca kathitāni dhammadāyādasuttaputtamaṃsūpamādīni, tesaṃ atthuppattiko nikkhePo. Evamimesu catūsu suttanikkhepesu imassa